What They SayThe year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as TheLaughingMan swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, extortion, and corporate espionage leaving no known susp...
What They SayThe year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as TheLaughingMan swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, extortion, and corporate espionage leaving no known susp...
What They SayThe television series based on Masamune Shirow\'s Manga and Mamoru Oshii\'s highly influental film, \'GhostInTheShell:StandAlone Complex\' takes viewers to futuristic society where technology has saturated citizens\' daily lives. Along w...
What They SayThe television series based on Masamune Shirow\'s Manga and Mamoru Oshii\'s highly influential film, \'GhostInTheShell:StandAlone Complex\' takes viewers to futuristic society where technology has saturated citizens\' daily lives. Along ...
What They SayThe original GHOSTINTHE SHELL was hailed by critics and audiences alike as one of the finest Animé films ever produced, and influenced Hollywood films from THE MATRIX to A.I. GHOSTINTHESHELL:STANDALONE COMPLEX features the same cyberpu...
What They SayThe year is 2030, and an influx of refuges have effortlessly transformed themselves into a terrorist organization known as the \"Individual Eleven.\" With a sadistic intent of mass destruction, will they triumph in victory or discover the glo...
What They SayThe year is 2030, and an influx of refugees have effortlessly transformed themselves into a terrorist organization known as the \"Individual Eleven.\" With a sadistic intent of mass destruction, will they triumph in victory or discover the gl...
What They SayTogusa finds himself inthe hospital after being shot, but is desperate to impart what he’s learned to the rest of the group. It seems other clandestine groups have become aware of Section 9’s investigations and are determined to ...
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What They SaySection 9’s investigations have started to become a little too successful, and the truths they uncover hit too close to home for some of the higher-ranking officials inthe Japanese government. Yet, despite theincreasing political back...
What They SayTheLaughingMan returns!
Togusa\'s inthe hospital after being shot but he\'s desperate to impart what he\'s learned to the rest of the group. Others have become aware of Section 9\'s investigations and decide to move against them.
After a...
What They SayMajor Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 continue to hunt down a host of criminals in both the real and online worlds. Convinced that the cyber-terrorist known only as “theLaughingMan” has resurfaced, Se...
What They SayConvinced that the cyber-terrorist known only as \"theLaughingMan\" has resurfaced, Section 9 accelerates their inquiry to include eavesdropping on a chat room whose participants are not who they seem to be. They are also found investigatin...
What They SaySection 9 has their hands full with the reappearance of thelaughingman, a cyber-terrorist who hasn\'t been heard from in six years. Aramaki believes that the police\'s prime suspect is a decoy; he orders his team to look into it. Major Moto...
What They SayThetheme of this volume is \"Crime is Everywhere,\" as the officers of Section 9 are taken on a series of cases around the world. Section 9 chief Aramaki Daisuke is taken hostage by thieves and a corrupt police officer in London. His unit is...
What They SayTogusa finds himself inthe hospital after being shot, but is desperate to impart what he’s learned to the rest of the group. It seems other clandestine groups have become aware of Section 9’s investigations and are determined to ...
What They SaySection 9\'s investigations have started to become a little too successful and the truths they uncover hit too close to home for some of the higher-ranking officials inthe Japanese government. Yet, despite theincreasing political backlash t...
What They SayThetheme of this volume is \"Crime is Everywhere,\" as the officers of Section 9 are taken on a series of cases around the world. Section 9 chief Aramaki Daisuke is taken hostage by thieves and a corrupt police officer in London. His unit is...
What They SaySection 9, Japan\'s high-mobility anti-crime unit, is back in action! The Major\'s got her work cut out for her as she leads her team on a series of new cases now that theLaughingMan case has been closed.
Uprisings over the treatment of a...
The first season of this excellent cyberpunk series is a great buy for anybody.
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Female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 hunt down a host of criminals in both the real and online worlds. Inthe course...
Mamaru Oshii's 1995 feature film based on Masamune Shirow's acclaimed manga series GHOSTINTHE SHELL caused a worldwide sensation in science fiction and anime circles. Deftly mixing music video style, hyperkinetic action sequences, cyberpunk concepts and...
What They SayConvinced that the cyber terrorist known only as theLaughingMan has resurfaced, Section 9 accelerates their investigations. Major Kusanagi goes into a virtual chat room devoted to theLaughingMan and has an unusual encounter. But the peopl...
What They SayA new beginning. A new threat...
Uprisings over the treatment of a wave of Asian immigrants threaten the political landscape, and the new Prime Minister brings in Section 9 to offer their services - but on a much tighter leash than they\'re ...
What They SayA band of terrorists claims to have possession of a girl who was kidnapped some years ago. But when Section 9 is called in to resolve the situation, they realize that something is very wrong - the girl is the same age she was when she was kid...
What They SayStandAlone Complex continues to provide a lot of entertainment on a number of levels.The Review!Audio:
The Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track was used for my primary viewing session. From the opening theme to the ending theme, the track...
What They SayOn a visit to London for a conference, Aramaki drops by to visit an old friend who wants to ask a favour. But they find themselves taken hostage by a couple of thieves, and a crooked police officer doesn\'t want any survivors. Then, Aramaki a...
What They SayThe Prime Minister has been taken into custody, but her removal from office is being kept secret. Aramaki and Togusa work to get to her so they can prevent a nuclear attack. In Dejima, the military begins its assault. The Major and some of Se...
What They SayOn her first visit to one of the refugee areas, the Prime Minister receives a bouquet of flowers with a death threat in it. Section 9 is called in to provide round-the-clock security for her as they work to catch the would-be assassin. As the...
What They SaySection 9’s investigations have started to become a little too successful, and the truths they uncover hit too close to home for some of the higher-ranking officials inthe Japanese government. Yet, despite theincreasing political back...
The Review!With a popular manga series and film behind in its past, can Ghostinthe Shell survive the transition to a television series? The answer is a resounding "yes!"
Audio:
The Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 audio track was used for my prima...
Well, sort of. According to the Bandai Visual site in Japan, they\'ll be release on September 23rd, 2005 a 140min compilation of the entire LaughingMan arc from the first season with some brand new animated footage and a complete re-recording of the voic...
What They SayThe final move....
The Prime Minister is taken into custody but her removal from office is kept a secret. Aramaki and Togusa work to reach her so they can prevent a nuclear attack. In Dejima, the military begins its assault. The Major and Se...
GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex's U.S. premiere just one of themany highlights of this prestigious pop culture event
Congers, NY - March 4, 2004 - The country's foremost authority on
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What They SayAfter their prior confrontations with Gohda, Section 9 continues their investigation into this man and his mysterious background. However, at the same time, they must stop a wave of suicide bombings who threaten the peace and safety of Japan....
What They SayWhile on the trail of Kuze, Section 9 tracks down the person who made his one-of-a-kind prosthetic face. There\'s only one problem - the designer is dead. And the person who killed him is Paz, or someone who looks exactly like him! Meanwhile,...
What They SayOn her first visit to one of the refugee areas, the Prime Minister receives a bouquet of flowers and in it is a death threat. Section 9 is called in to provide round-the-clock security for her as they work to catch the would-be assassin. As t...
What They SayAfter their prior confrontations with Gohda, Section 9 continues their investigations into theman and his mysterious background. At the same time, they must stop a wave of suicide bombers who threaten the peace and safety of Japan. And even ...
"GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex - Solid State Society", directed by Kenji Kamiyama and released in Japan in November 2006, has been awarded with the Jury Prize at the 21st Digital Content Grand Prix.
Produced by Production I.G, Bandai Visual, Ban...
What They SayRevolution calling....
The revolutionary leader Kuze manages to elude Section 9 once more. There\'s no time for Section 9 to recover though because soon the threat of a nuclear weapon has the entire city of Nagasaki evacuated. Section 9 must...
What They SayWhile on the trail of Kuze, Section 9 tracks down the person who made his one-of-a-kind prosthetic face. There\'s only one problem - the designer is dead. And the person who killed his is Paz, or someone who looks exactly like him!
Meanwhile...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Junichi FujisakuTranslated by:Camellia NiehAdapted by:What They Say2030 Tokyo: While patrolling Tokyo\'s post-World War Three refugee zones Togusa, the newest member of Section 9, discovers that one of the most powerful cyber-...
Chicago, IL- Manga Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment are proud to release the fourth volume of "GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex" in both Standard and Limited Editions versions on January 25th, 2005. The DVDs contain four exciting half-hour ep...
BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT AND MANGA TO PREMIERE 'GHOSTINTHESHELL:STANDALONE COMPLEX – 2nd GIG’
AT THE TOKYO INTERNATIONAL ANIME FAIR IN HOLLYWOOD ON FEBRUARY 7th, 2005
SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE PRODUCTION I.G. PRESIDENT, MITSUHISA ISHIKAWA (GH...
What They SayFemale cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 hunt down a host of criminals in both the real and online worlds. Inthe course of their work, Kusanagi and Section 9 must do everything from resolving hostage cr...
What They SayFemale cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 hunt down a host of criminals in both the real and online worlds. Inthe course of their work, Kusanagi and Section 9 must do everything from resolving hostage cr...
In a forum discussion about whether there\'d be a break between the 7th volume of the first season and the first volume of the second season of theGhostinthe Shell TV series, Bandai\'s Jerry Chu popped in to provide a good tease about the 7th volume of...
What They SayBased on themanga by Masamune Shirow and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, \'GhostInTheShell:StandAlone Complex\' takes viewers to futuristic society where technology has saturated citizens\' daily lives. Along with the new technology comes n...
What They SayAn in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the explosively popular GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex. Contains 90 minutes of DVD footage and a 148 page book! This is a limited item - only 15,000 copies released.
DVD Features: Interview Ar...
Bandai Entertainment and Manga Entertainment presents the September 26th DVD release of "GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex 2nd Gig Volume 7." The highest-budgeted anime TV series ever produced in Japan has been mastered from high-definition masters ...
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Bandai has announced GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex, a PS2 action game based on the TV show of the same name. The game will let you play as one of three characters from the movie and will feature both a single-player game and multiplayer play for...
Manga Entertainment has announced a July 27 release date for the first volume in its DVD collection of GHOSTINTHESHELL:STANDALONE COMPLEX, the sequel to the now-classic GHOSTINTHE SHELL anime film. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama (BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIR...
What They SayYoko Kanno has once again stimulated our ears with her second GhostintheShell: A StandAlone Complex soundtrack, \'Be Human\'. 21 tracks of the best jazz mixed with a range of techno, rock and ballads that only this famous composer can cre...
Cinescape recently had the opportunity to speak with Roy Brewer, one of the guys behind bringing GHOSTINTHESHELL:STANDALONE COMPLEX to the United States. He brought us up to speed on the game and some of the features gamers can expect to find when th...
What They SayThe year is 2034 and the face of terrorism has changed.
No longer restricted to the limits of the physical world, the war on terror has exploded onto the net. In an attempt to confront this new threat, an elite counter-terrorism and anti-cr...
Due out on 11/23/2004 from Manga Entertainment, GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex SE Vol. #3 is out and four new episodes that mix standalone and complex episodes together bring more of the storyline to the forefront.Unfortunately, this release does...
Dani Moure is getting the slightly early word in on the UK release of this series which is only a couple of volumes behind the US release with the 04/25/2005 release of GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex Vol. #3 (of 7) from Manga UK.
Getting closer to finishing out the first season, we\'ve got a slightly early look at the 03/22/2005 release of GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex SE Vol. #5 (of 7) from Bandai Entertainment and Manga Entertainment.
Getting one of the mislabeled sets ourselves, it didn\'t impact things much since we have both versions of the show in this release. Due out on 09/28/2004 from Manga Entertainment, we\'ve got some early thoughts on their release of GhostintheShell: Sta...
With the downtime of the holiday and irregular shipping schedules, we didn\'t have too much to check out this past weekend but what we did was one of the best things we\'ve seen this year with the 11/22/2005 release of GhostintheShell:StandAlone Comp...
With the last three episodes and all of them being filled with revelations and action, there\'s not too much that can be said without spoiling large sections of the show, but we\'ve got a few thoughts up on the final volume of one of the best series I\'ve...
Due out on 05/24/2005 from Bandai and Manga Entertainment, we\'ve got a nice and early look at one of the best releases I think I\'ll see in May with GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex SE Vol. #6 (of 7).
Luis Cruz is paralleling my reviews of the limited edition release with the regular edition and also has an early review of Bandai and Manga\'s 05/24/2005 release of GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex Vol. #6 (of 7).
The first round is close to finishing up inthe UK and Dani is checking in with a look at the 11/14/2005 release of GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex Vol. #6 (of 7) from Manga UK.
Due out on 09/20/2005, we\'ve got a look at the joint release from Bandai Entertainment and Manga Entertainment of GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex (2nd Gig) Vol. #1 (of 7).
Luis Cruz is shifting from a classic 80\'s series to one of the modern classics as he\'s taking a look at the regular edition of GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex Vol. #2 (of 7), released back on 09/28/2004 from Manga Entertainment.
Luis is catching up on his releases and this morning has a review up and ready for the 03/22/2005 release of GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex Vol. #5 (of 7).
Due out on 10/25/2005 from Manga Entertainment, we\'ve got an early look at one of the best supplemental releases I\'ve seen with theGhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex Official Log Vol. #1 (of 2).
Luis Cruz is checking in with a bit of catch-up on his pile as he\'s got a look at Manga Entertainment\'s 01/25/2005 release of GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex Regular Edition Vol. #4 (of 7).
What They SayThe sheer range of musical style of A GhostintheShell: A StandAlone Complex comes the highly anticipated work by renowned composer, Yoko Kanno. The breadth of the soundtrack exudes in it?s impressive vocals along with it?s jazz roots whil...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Junichi FujisakuTranslated by:Camellia NiehAdapted by:What They SayInthe not-too-distant future of 2032, the frontier dividing humans and machines has been crossed. Crimes comitted by flesh-and-metal cyborgs are investigated ...
BANDAI AND MANGA JOIN TOGETHER TO RELEASE THE NEW GHOSTINTHE SHELL "STANDALONE COMPLEX" ANIME SERIES ON TV AND DVD IN 2004
February 11, 2004 -Chicago, IL - Japanese animation distributors, Manga Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment will jointly d...
Ever since its explosion onto the global screen in 1995, theGhostinthe Shell series has provided viewers with a profoundly philosophical, yet innovatively stylized look into a near future world where the lines between man and machine finally blur. Thro...
What They SayA band of terrorists claims to have possession of a girl who was kidnapped some years ago, but when the Major and company are called in to resolve the situation, they realize that something is very wrong—the girl appears to be the same ...
Production I.G. is set to release their versions of the two GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex seasons this summer according to CD Japan. Each of the season sets, which will run about $340 US, are due in July and August of this year based off of new ...
The Review!The official primer for one of the best television anime series hits the English market. Immerse yourself inthe world of Section 9 and how it was made.
Audio:
The Japanese audio track present is the only audio track present, not surprising s...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Junichi FujisakuTranslated by:Camellia NiehAdapted by:What They SayThe year is 2030. Advances in robotics and cyberbrain technology have transformed the world into a miraculous place where almost anything is possible - even th...
What They SayFeaturing music from Yoko Kanno (Arjuna, Cowboy Bebop, Macross Plus)! TheGhostintheShell: SAC CD soundtrack features some of the best in hard-hitting grooves and driving techno!The Review!I really enjoy Yoko Kanno\'s soundtracks, most of ...
What They SayThe Major, following a lead on Kuze, the lone member of theIndividual Eleven who survived, heads to Taiwan. There, she becomes involved in some local \"trouble\" involving a kid and the local gangs.
Then, inexplicably, Batou and the Major a...
What They SayThe Review!The tensions rise as the Kuze\'s plans are set into motion as well as the CIS manipulations of them all.
Special Note:
The special edition release of this series features two discs in each keepcase. The first disc is the same as ...
What They SayThe war at home...
The Major, following a lead on Kuze, the lone member of theIndividual Eleven who survived, heads to Taiwan. There she becomes involved in some local \"trouble\" involving a kid and the local gangs. Then, inexplicably, Bat...
Volume six inthe television spin-off of theintriguing Ghostinthe Shell motion pictures, GhostintheShell:StandAlone Complex will be released by Manga & Bandai Entertainment on May 17th.
Going forward after this volume, we\'ll be splitting up the review duties of this particular title. Being the DTS junkie that I am, I\'ll be tackling the Special Edition releases (with Lauren receiving the CD to do that portion of the review). Luis will b...
The first of our GitS: SAC contests have ended and been finalized and we\'ve packaged up ten t-shirts that will be making their way to the winners tomorrow. We\'ll be updating the other contests later today.
What They SayBatou is a cyborg. His body is artificial: the only remnants left of his humanity are traces of his brain...and the memories of a woman called The Major.
A detective for the government's covert anti-terrorist unit, Public Security Section 9,...
Is this shows release cursed? The second volume of the series, due out on 09/28/2004 and shipping early to some customers, has revealed a new problem that affects both the regular and special e